We are looking for a skilled and experienced Database Administrator (DBA) with 5 years of hands-on experience managing mission-critical databases in dynamic environments. You will play a key role in ensuring database performance availability security and scalability. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in both relational and non-relational databases strong analytical skills and a proactive mindset toward automation monitoring and optimization.
You should bring a can-do attitude great communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a global team environment.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the teammate occupying this position. The selected candidate may perform other related duties assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the business.
Administer maintain and optimize production and development database systems (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server MongoDB etc.)
Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness using replication backups clustering and failover strategies
Design and implement database schemas stored procedures indexing strategies and performance tuning
Monitor database performance and proactively identify issues before they impact production
Manage access controls roles and encryption in line with security best practices and compliance standards
Work closely with DevOps Engineering and Application teams to support CI/CD and automate database provisioning and deployments
Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for database-related issues
Maintain documentation including runbooks architecture diagrams and backup or recovery procedures
Communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones
Required:
5 years of hands-on DBA experience in production environments
Strong proficiency in SQL and performance tuning
Experience with at least two major database platforms (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL or SQL Server MongoDB)
Knowledge of data warehousing or big data tools (e.g. Redshift Snowflake Hadoop)
Experience with backup restore and recovery models and tools
Familiarity with database monitoring tools and observability stacks
Understanding of high availability replication and disaster recovery architectures
Hands-on experience with cloud database services (AWS RDS or Aurora GCP Cloud SQL or Azure SQL)
Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell)
Solid understanding of database security encryption and access control models
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proven experience working in a global or distributed team
Self-starter mindset with a positive can-do attitude
Preferred:
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority